I am trying to introduce Linux to 7th Grade kids in my society. I have got some very very old PC's with 128MB RAM and some with 256 MB RAM. The processor speed is 1GHZ to 1.5GHZ for most of them. which Linux Distribution will be suitable for it. I want to install them on Hard Disk & rather than booting from the USB drives every time.
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I haven't switched yet to any of the linux distro. Can anyone recommend what type of distro is suitable for beginners like me? I don't mind using the command prompt and willing to learn. So I am kinda looking for a "stable" distro. I have quite an old laptop here:
MSI EX401
Intel Pentium Dual Core T3400 @2.16Ghz
2 GB RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430
Atheros AR928X Wireless Adapter
I'm semi new to Linux, I use ubuntu for a little while. I'm tired of Windows and looking for something new, I've been aware of linux for some time now but not sure what distro is for me.
-I'm a gamer
-Photo Editor (GIMP)
-Video Maker (Screen Recorder)
-Firefox person (I hear Firefox comes pre-installed)
-Messenger Person (Aim, Skype, MSN)
And there are so many distributions I just am not sure.. I did try Guild Wars on Wine on Ubuntu but it just didn't seem like it was working right, I think I did it wrong.
nominate a disastrous distro from past or present that was simply AWFUL and what exactly was so bad about it?
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This system, although slow, has run perfectly for several years.Let me say that again - This system works perfectly.I had decided that now is the time to upgrade the hardware, so I bought a Gigabyte LGA775 motherboard which has two 1Gb network interfaces on it, an ASUS 256Mb PCI-E display card, 2Gb of DDR3 RAM, an Intel Core2-Quad processor and a bunch of 500Gb SATA drives to set up a RAID5 array (but I intend that the system boot off one of several 40Gb PATA drives I have).I set up the processor, motherboard, display card, RAM, a SATA DVD Drive and a 40Gb PATA hard disk in a "breadboard" layout and installed distro 13.1, being careful to set up the static IP for the local network, dhcpcd to get an IP address from the cable modem (my internet connection) and to enable ip_forward in the network configuration.
Then I installed a script invoked by /etc/rc.d/rc.local which installed all the SAME iptables rules as my old Linux box. There was one minor glitch when I had to change 8 occurrences of "-d ! $LOCAL_NET to" "! --destination $LOCAL_NET" but that was no problem. I also set up /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/hosts , the BIND server files etc. etc. exactly as in the old box.
I am able to ping mirror.aarnet.edu.au (this is at the heart of Australia's internet hub network - if it's down the whole bloody thing is down) and have the system find the correct IP from the designated nameservers and contact that server with a return trip time of 35ms. I am able to run a telnet session from one of the Windows boxes and edit files on the Linux server. So both network interfaces work and I've got them the right way around.I am able to run FTP on one of the Windows boxes and connect through to mirror.aarnet.edu.au, although it seems to hang when I try a DIR (but then so does the old linux system).
So far I have been using 32 bit ubuntu in my IBM ThinkCentre - 2.5 GB RAM, Intel Pentium Dual Core inside (1.60 GHz X 2) machine. Now I am coming to Debian soon. As a student I am involved in processing lot of satellite imagery for my project work. Therefore a friend recommended me to use 64 bit OS as it would make image processing faster. Is my hardware sufficient for that?
View 13 Replies View RelatedI've seen a couple of Tutorials on how to make new partitions (on Windows XP) so that you can use that space to do some organizing (as in i.e "a place to save games", another one "for Audio/mp3 files"...etc), and basically the simplest way (that I found up to now) was:
Click on Start menu - right-click My Computer - Manage - Disk Management - Unallocated - right-click Unallocated - New Partition
Then you get a new partition. Is that new partition suitable to be Linux Ubuntu's partition? Is that what making a new partition for Linux Ubuntu is, or is it another process? (It's the first time in my life to to perform the process of Dual-booting, so I'm kinda stuck up to that point).
I'm wondering how much space should I partition part of my HDD for Ubuntu? I never used Linux in my life before and need an answer. got a 64-bit Ubuntu ready on CDRW to install. I got a 200gigs of my old IDE Seagate HDD, Partition 1: 30gigs for Windows 7 and already like 25 filled up, Partition 2: rest is for backup. So, I was thinking of backup up all the files on Partition 2 to another HDD, and then delete it>create Partition 2 for Linux and Partition 3 for the rest, but how much space for 2?
My system:
AMD Athlon II X2 255 Regor 3.1GHz Socket AM3 65W
Foxconn A76ML-K
ECS NR9800GTE-512QX-F GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit DDR3
A-DATA 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
CORSAIR CMPSU-400CX 400W
200G Seagate (Master)
500GB Wester Digitital SATA
I just want to know if there is any way to play .wmv on ubuntu 10.10, I tried VLC but it always give me that Error message :
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "MSS2". I did also try MPlayer But it's not Working either.
Are the 64 bit Lucid disks suitable for Intel i5 processors? The AMD64 part is making me think not.I already have the 32 bit version running very nicely - should I have gone 64 bit though? What are the advantages/ disadvantages, and why does it say not recommended for daily use next to the 64 bit download? As far as I understand you can run 32 bit binaries without problems on a 64 bit install.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI was given a computer that has the Ubuntu operating system installed I was able to at least get online with it. I tried to upgrade it (don't know what version was installed on it) using the Update Manager. When the computer restarted I got two error messages:
Error no suitable mode found
Error unknown command "terminal"
The system then went on through the Ubuntu logo screen but then I got a black screen. I couldn't get the computer to do anything. How to at least restore the computer back to its previous state before trying to upgrade.
I'm looking for advise on which drives to add into my server for software raid 5. I would like to use 2TB drives for the array. The server currently boots off a RAID 1 array and I have a couple other drives mounted until I build a RAID 5 array with new drives. I've read horror stories on using Western Digital WD20EARS and Seagate ST32000542AS. So I'm wondering which large drives are best to use in software raid?
View 9 Replies View RelatedMy initial installation is for 10.4 (desktop). I've configured the package manager with my proxy information under the network tab. Downloads are attempted but none are successful. example error:Failed to fetch [URL]
I can download the example above via the firefox browser on the same machine configured with the same proxy.
I've tried changing servers, other hacks, but no change in results. I suspect its a proxy issue, but I don't see how. I did provide the credentials in the http authentication window that my reverse proxy requires.when I try to change servers, I get this message: No suitable download server was found
I am going to install unix FreeBSD But someone told me you must installed it on primary partition. However I have Win 7 installed on laptop, others partition are logic so is it possible to create or change one unused partition as primary.
View 1 Replies View RelatedWhat program do I use for this, and what format will it be in?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have Fedora13 OS installed in my compaq610 laptop. I want to upgrade my fedora version. What is the most suitable version to upgrade and how can I upgrade it?
View 1 Replies View RelatedIm just wondering what everyone's experiences are with the latest Ubuntu 10.04 version? Is it stable enough for a working environment? I require it for web development, so using VMs, IDEs, connecting to VPNs, SSH to servers, etc. Im currently using 9.04 and found 9.10 unstable and problematic at times (such as problems connecting to VPN)
View 2 Replies View RelatedOkay, so far nothing seems to have worked. I have OpenSuSE 11.0 and due to a failed mother board and hard drive had to reinstall it. Since the reinstall I have not been able to play .wmv files. I can play the same file just fine on my laptop but not on my desktop.I have win32codecs installed as well as libdvdcss and several other packages and still I cannot play these files with the following:
Kaffeine
Mplayer
VLC Player
I have searched and everything points to win32codecs (which are installed and the same version as I have on my laptop). I have tried deleting all the video player files including win32codecs, libdvdcss and their config files then reinstalling and that doesn't seem to have worked at all either. So I don't know what else to do.
I noticed over the weekend that there don't appear to be any new stories showing up at linuxtoday.com. Does anyone know what's up? Any recommendations for a suitable replacement?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI've been poking around for the last week trying to find a suitable small business accounting software that will work for us. To make a long story short I stumbled upon SQL-Ledger and it looks like a very good application just what we're looking for... and low and behold its in the repositories! Anyway I installed the SQL-Ledger package but unfortunately there's no way to load or open this app. Synaptic shows its installed but there's no gui or and reference in the menu. Searching using the filter in the menu results in nothing. So I'm assuming SGL-Ledger just needs a gui associated with it to open it right??
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am currently running Lucid,and in every single attempt to play any mp3,it claims that it cannot find a suitable plugin,which is weird because I am nearly 100 percent certain that I did install all of the restricted extras.The funny part is that it is trying to install a Soundblaster Voc plugin?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI got OpenSUSE 11.4 and VLC is not working also here is the output:
VLC media player 1.1.8 The Luggage (revision exported)
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_ADDRESS")
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_BUS_TYPE")
[0x81de8b4] inhibit interface error: Failed to connect to the D-Bus session daemon: /bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally with the following error: Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed.
[0x81de8b4] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[0x81dfb04] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[0x804e12c] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization failed
[0x804e12c] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface.
Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[0x81deebc] qt4 interface error: Could not connect to X server
[0x81deebc] skins2 interface error: Cannot open display
[0x81deebc] skins2 interface error: cannot initialize OSFactory
I have started ntpd service with chkconfig ntpd on .When i execute : ntpdate 0.pool.ntp.org , then i get error :
No suitable server for synchronization .
I don't have wireless connection .What's the suitable package for that?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have been trying to learn iSCSI from google but there is one main point that remains unclear. Is iSCSI suitable to move data between IP of [URL] and IP of [URL] rather than between 192.168.xxx.xxx and 192.168.xxx.xxy?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm running NetWare SLES 10 sp3 with OES2 sp2. I was working with the folks at Novell to resolve an iPrint Print Manager problem.
During the process they wanted to perform a packet capture using tcpdump. While logged in as the root user the error no suitable device was found, and I received no data at all. This server is running on a VMWare Center. On other SLES 10 sp3 systems (residing on that same VMWre Center), tcpdump captures packets just fine. I inherited all of these servers, so I wasn't here during the initial build, but I'd make the guess that they were configured similarly. On a Server that I built recently, tcpdump works fine. On two of my Servers it does not, and gives the mentioned error.
It's not that big a deal, otherwise the Servers are communicating and working just fine. But, I'd like to get it working just because it's supposed to work. Students are off for the summer, so I have time to play.
i had tried several restrict options and disabling the slackware "no serve to anyone" default. i want the slackware system to host the ntp server for other devices to sync with so im not so hard on the remote ntp servers.
Code:
# Sample /etc/ntp.conf: Configuration file for ntpd.
#
[code]....
According to Wikipedia's PHP page, PHP "is a general-purpose scripting language". Does that include being suitable for duplicate files detection? More specifically, the task is collating files from workstation backups into a single place, preserving directory paths and replacing duplicates with hard links. This will be a regular task on a lot of files so performance is important; our current proof-of-concept solution uses a PostgreSQL database of file "fingerprints" to speed duplicate detection. Does PHP have PostgreSQL integration?
I am asking these questions as a follow-up on an earlier thread asking for programming language recommendations for this task. Since then I have learned that PHP skills are available locally.
Just did an upgrade from 9.10 to 10.04 through the update manager and now I can't boot into the OS. I receive these two errors:
error: no suitable mode found.
error: unknown command 'terminal'.
After these two errors. Screen flashes with the red/white loading circles and Ubuntu logo. After that just goes into a black screen.
I use Fedora 10.Whenever i try to open an avi file with VLC player I get the error 'No suitable decoder module for fourcc XVID'.How can I remove this error?
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